Race 9, The Wolverhampton Half Marathon, 4th September

After the early morning mist had been burnt off, we were greeted to a rather hot day, wonderful for the spectators but not so good for the runners. The Express & Star photographer spotted the array of Birchfield vests and called for a group picture, has anyone seen it yet? All 13 Stags then continued with their individual warm up routines before the start at West Park, meanwhile I went to a point about 300 metres from the start where I could watch the very popular cycle race pass by followed by the relay runners. From here I could go to the 2 mile point shout words of encouragement to our gang then relax in the sun for an hour before cheering on the finishers. There was plenty to see in the park, good for spectators, particularly with the excellent weather.

 The aforementioned weather took its toll on a few of our contingent, showing up the lack of training for the distance by some of them! Only Alex’s performance was “normal”, achieving his usual 80%. No one achieved a 70% plus performance, which was disappointing but perhaps showing up the national trend. The winner of the marathon, held at the same time, was 45 and ran 2:46, I’ll say no more!

 In the GP overall, Michael continues his rise in the table and is now in 3rd place. Peter D and Lynette both drop a place while John (BJ) and Peter L move up two places. There are now only 5 runners out of a total of 50 who have done 6 or more races!!  Alex has increased his lead slightly by another 2 points and now has a 36-point advantage over Martin. 

Results

 

 

Name

Age

Club

Actual

 

 

Age

Performance

GP

Bonus

 

 

 

 

Pos.

Time

 

 

Graded

Level%

Points

Points

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time

**

 

 

1

 

Alex Elliott

64

4

1

:

32

:

40

 

 

1

:

13

:

58

80.65

50

3

2

 

Martin Wilkinson

46

3

1

:

32

:

13

 

 

1

:

26

:

04

69.31

46

5

3

 

Michael Morley

40

2

1

:

28

:

48

 

 

1

:

26

:

35

68.89

44

8

4

 

Wayne Bourne

37

1

1

:

28

:

19

 

 

1

:

27

:

56

67.83

43

12

5

 

Peter Lawton

48

5

1

:

38

:

31

 

 

1

:

30

:

33

65.87

42

2

6

 

John Adams

55

6

1

:

46

:

36

 

 

1

:

32

:

35

64.43

41

1

7

 

Tony Frain

60

7

1

:

55

:

48

 

 

1

:

36

:

10

62.03

40

0

8

 

John Summerton

70

8

2

:

10

:

13

 

 

1

:

37

:

16

61.33

39

0

9

 

Ken Parry

76

12

2

:

21

:

45

 

 

1

:

37

:

05

61.02

38

0

10

 

Lynette Millard

38

9

2

:

10

:

58

 

 

2

:

08

:

31

51.20

37

12

11

 

Francis Davin

51

10

2

:

13

:

26

 

 

1

:

59

:

47

49.80

36

0

12

 

Gurdev Singh

65

13

2

:

34

:

18

#

 

2

:

01

:

55

48.93

0

0

13

 

Neil Hensley

32

11

2

:

20

:

00

 

 

2

:

20

:

00

42.61

35

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

**

 

90%+ World Standard             80%+ National Standard

 

 

 

#

Not wearing Club Vest

 

 

70%+ Regional Standard         60%+ Local Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<60% Club Standard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final race in the series, Race 10, is the Rugby 10 Mile,

 16th October.

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